Author: Gordon E. Dammann & Alfred Jay Bollet
Publisher: PERSEUS / RUNNING PRESS, Nov 2007
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 1-932603-39-5
Synopsis
A comprehensive visual encyclopedia of medical care. Showcases the uniforms, equip, & members of a large group of individual Civil War doctors ? ?Cartes de Visites? ? along with resonant images of existing pre-war structures used to heal the sick. 250 B&W Photos; 8x10 inches; 192 pgs.
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Images of Civil War Medicine
A Photographic History
Dr. Alfred Bollet?s Civil War Medicine: Challenges & Triumphs won wide acclaim as an expert study. Now, in collaboration with Dr. Gordon Dammann, Dr. Bollet has taken his expertise one step further & pictorially illuminated this fascinating chapter in medical history. Featuring 250 rare archival photographs, Images of Civil War Medicine is a comprehensive visual encyclopedia of medical care during a seminal event in American history. The book showcases the uniforms, equipment, & members of a large group of individual Civil War doctors ? ?Cartes de Visites? ? along with resonant images of existing pre-war structures used to heal the sick. Also here are prominent medical educators, hospitals, stewards, & ambulances, as well as images of surgery, dentistry, nursing, & embalming. Ideal for Civil War buffs, historians, & medical history enthusiasts, Images of Civil War Medicine gives a complete overview of this era's medical realities.
